The mosquito state: How technology, capital, and state practice mediate the ecologies of public health

Ecologies and Politics of Health

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 196-216

  Robbins, Paul ^a   Miller, Jacob C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 84880341096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203115527     Document Type: Chapter

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